I have a Tru64 5.1 system that I am trying to install OpenSSH on. I have
tried a few versions and the configure script fails in the same place. The
message is:

configure: error: *** zlib missing - please install first or check
config.log ***

Now I have gnu tar insatlled and have zlib.h in /usr/sys/include/streamsm/.
I also added the option:

--with-zlib=/usr/sys/include/streamsm/

Still no joy. What do I need to do to get this working? Do I maybe need
to upgrade zlib? GNU Tar version 1.13. Thanks,

fybar

fybar lothgorian wrote:
> I have a Tru64 5.1 system that I am trying to install OpenSSH on. I have
> tried a few versions and the configure script fails in the same place. The
> message is:
>
> configure: error: *** zlib missing - please install first or check
> config.log ***
>
> Now I have gnu tar insatlled and have zlib.h in /usr/sys/include/streamsm/.
> I also added the option:
>
> --with-zlib=/usr/sys/include/streamsm/
>
> Still no joy. What do I need to do to get this working? Do I maybe need
> to upgrade zlib? GNU Tar version 1.13. Thanks,
>
> fybar

Perhaps you should look in 'config.log', or try running 'sh -x configure' to
see what happens?

Nico Kadel-Garcia <> wrote in
news::

> fybar lothgorian wrote:
>> I have a Tru64 5.1 system that I am trying to install OpenSSH on. I
>> have tried a few versions and the configure script fails in the same
>> place. The message is:
>>
>> configure: error: *** zlib missing - please install first or check
>> config.log ***
>>
>> Now I have gnu tar insatlled and have zlib.h in
>> /usr/sys/include/streamsm/. I also added the option:
>>
>> --with-zlib=/usr/sys/include/streamsm/
>>
>> Still no joy. What do I need to do to get this working? Do I maybe
>> need to upgrade zlib? GNU Tar version 1.13. Thanks,
>>
>> fybar
>
> Perhaps you should look in 'config.log', or try running 'sh -x
> configure' to see what happens?

This is what I see just before the only mention of zlib and it didn't seem
telling:

| #define HAVE_DIRNAME 1
| #define HAVE_LIBGEN_H 1
| #define HAVE_BASENAME 1
| /* end confdefs.h. */
|
| /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */
| #ifdef __cplusplus
| extern "C"
| #endif
| /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
| builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */
| char deflate ();
| int
| main ()
| {
| deflate ();
| ;
| return 0;
| }
configure:8095: error: *** zlib missing - please install first or check
config.log ***

This IS from config.log, it refers to itself in the third person. sh -x
did not give anything different than just running configure. Any other
suggestions?

fybar

fybar lothgorian <> wrote in
news:Xns9B4F92DD6D4B4fybarnowherecom@69.16.185.250 :

> Nico Kadel-Garcia <> wrote in
> news::
>
>> fybar lothgorian wrote:
>>> I have a Tru64 5.1 system that I am trying to install OpenSSH on. I
>>> have tried a few versions and the configure script fails in the same
>>> place. The message is:
>>>
>>> configure: error: *** zlib missing - please install first or check
>>> config.log ***
>>>
>>> Now I have gnu tar insatlled and have zlib.h in
>>> /usr/sys/include/streamsm/. I also added the option:
>>>
>>> --with-zlib=/usr/sys/include/streamsm/
>>>
>>> Still no joy. What do I need to do to get this working? Do I maybe
>>> need to upgrade zlib? GNU Tar version 1.13. Thanks,
>
> This IS from config.log, it refers to itself in the third person. sh
> -x did not give anything different than just running configure. Any
> other suggestions?

Ok, I installed the latest version of zlib and I got past this error. I
have to install a version of OpenSSL and I have 0.9.8g and when I try to
run ./config I get an error with perl:

$> ./config --prefix=/usr/local --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
Operating system: alpha-dec-tru64
Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl-
5.005/lib/5.00503/alpha-dec_osf /usr/lib/perl-5.005/lib/5.00503
/usr/lib/perl-5.005/lib/site_perl/5.005/alpha-dec_osf /usr/lib/perl-
5.005/lib/site_perl/5.005 .) at ./Configure line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./Configure line 9.
Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl-
5.005/lib/5.00503/alpha-dec_osf /usr/lib/perl-5.005/lib/5.00503
/usr/lib/perl-5.005/lib/site_perl/5.005/alpha-dec_osf /usr/lib/perl-
5.005/lib/site_perl/5.005 .) at ./Configure line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./Configure line 9.
This system (tru64-alpha-cc) is not supported. See file INSTALL for
details.

The use strict directive is what the ./Configure script is balking at.
Is this a problem with my perl installation? Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

fybar

fybar lothgorian wrote:
> fybar lothgorian <> wrote in
> news:Xns9B4F92DD6D4B4fybarnowherecom@69.16.185.250 :
>
>> Nico Kadel-Garcia <> wrote in
>> news::
>>
>>> fybar lothgorian wrote:
>>>> I have a Tru64 5.1 system that I am trying to install OpenSSH on. I
>>>> have tried a few versions and the configure script fails in the same
>>>> place. The message is:
>>>>
>>>> configure: error: *** zlib missing - please install first or check
>>>> config.log ***
>>>>
>>>> Now I have gnu tar insatlled and have zlib.h in
>>>> /usr/sys/include/streamsm/. I also added the option:
>>>>
>>>> --with-zlib=/usr/sys/include/streamsm/
>>>>
>>>> Still no joy. What do I need to do to get this working? Do I maybe
>>>> need to upgrade zlib? GNU Tar version 1.13. Thanks,
>> This IS from config.log, it refers to itself in the third person. sh
>> -x did not give anything different than just running configure. Any
>> other suggestions?
>
> Ok, I installed the latest version of zlib and I got past this error. I
> have to install a version of OpenSSL and I have 0.9.8g and when I try to
> run ./config I get an error with perl:
>
> $> ./config --prefix=/usr/local --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
> Operating system: alpha-dec-tru64
> Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl-
> 5.005/lib/5.00503/alpha-dec_osf /usr/lib/perl-5.005/lib/5.00503
> /usr/lib/perl-5.005/lib/site_perl/5.005/alpha-dec_osf /usr/lib/perl-
> 5.005/lib/site_perl/5.005 .) at ./Configure line 9.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./Configure line 9.
> Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl-
> 5.005/lib/5.00503/alpha-dec_osf /usr/lib/perl-5.005/lib/5.00503
> /usr/lib/perl-5.005/lib/site_perl/5.005/alpha-dec_osf /usr/lib/perl-
> 5.005/lib/site_perl/5.005 .) at ./Configure line 9.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./Configure line 9.
> This system (tru64-alpha-cc) is not supported. See file INSTALL for
> details.
>
> The use strict directive is what the ./Configure script is balking at.
> Is this a problem with my perl installation? Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> fybar

Number one: use a contemporary operating system. Tru64 6.1 is not well
supported anymore, HP is trying to migrate people to HPUX.

Number two: do not expect up-to-date versions of open source tools to be able
to compile on old systems. I went through this a lot, including with Tru64.

Number three: which version of OpenSSH are you compiling? If it's the latest,
you may just be that poor beggar who gets to find the incompatibilities with
an OS or configuration and gets to point them out to the maintainers of the
openssh 'p1' variants.

Number four: is your Perl standard? Or do you have a system Perl and a
/usr/local/bin/perl that someone installed manually (which I've seen happen,
and drove me nuts!)

[TymnEnall]

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Thanks